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    "id": 375245,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Seconder of the Motion talked about the chairs in Parliament which were made by artisans in Kenya, namely, the Prisons Department. We would not want our youth to go to prison to learn carpentry. They would rather go to middle level colleges and polytechnics to learn those skills. We need to incalculate life skills into the youth. The previous speaker has talked about mechanics and we should have a programme where we can teach our youth life skills. Girls should be taught knitting and stitching and when they are done with that, they should be given the tools of trade. If it is hairdressing, they should be given capital to open their salons and boys should be trained as artisans, fundis and painters. Through this Motion, we urge the Government, and I believe all the Members will agree with this, that this should go to the CDF because the Members of Parliament are the best placed to manage this rather than going to the counties. With this, we will achieve a lot. We will get the youth off the streets where they do things which they should not be doing. We should make them useful workers of this country and through this, we will attain the Vision 2030. With these remarks, I support and ask my colleagues to support this Motion, so that we can look at the welfare of the down-trodden and the poor. This is targeting the poor and if the county governments can take a lead from this, they will not chase away our hawkers or the poor from the streets as they earn a small living of about Kshs100 or Kshs200 a day. I do not know where they will consign them to. I beg to support."
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